Se‐lect″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Selected; p. pr. & vb. n.Selecting.] To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal. “One peculiar nation to select.” Milton.
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A hundred youths from all his train selects. Dryden.